For the third year in a row, Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, was a keynote speaker at the Canadian Telecom Summit (“CTS”). In his closing keynote for CTS 2018, he reiterated the importance of increasing the quality and coverage of innovative technologies at affordable prices for Canadians. He then updated the […]
“Why Ottawa?” Prior to starting my placement at the Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”), I consistently found myself asking this question. The root of this question was the concern that a relocation to Ottawa for a short period of ten weeks […]
As part of Osgoode's Intellectual Property (IP) Intensive Program, I was placed at Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) for 10 weeks. As the department of the Government of Canada charged with a mandate to foster a growing, competitive knowledge-based Canadian economy, ISED attempts to increase Canada’s share of global trade and enhance innovation […]